Street or other railway car register



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J. J. MAY.

STREET 0R OTHER RAILWAY GAR REGISTER.

No. 547,018. Patented Oct. l, 1895.

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AN DREW B.GRAHAM PHOTO-LUHQWASHKNGTON UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOSEPH MAY, OF PITTSBRG, PENNSYLVANIA,

STREET OR OTHER RAILWAY CAR REGISTER.

l SICFIN fr'llflg part of Letters atet N0. 547,018, dated October 1,1895.

Application filed March 29, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .TOEN JosErH MAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the countyof Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStreet or other Railway Oar Registers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,Which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved street and other railway carregister; and it consists in certain details of construction andcombination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a side sectional elevation ofa portion of a street-railway car, showing my improved step in section,together with its connection with an ordinary fare-register.' Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional end elevation of my improved registering-step,said section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a frontsectional elevation of the same, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

To put'my invention into practice with a street-railway car l, I attachto the step 2 of the same a plate 4, L-shaped in cross-section, as seenin Fig. 2, supported by suitable springs 6 upon guides 5, the stepitself also being L-shaped in cross-section, thus with thecorrespondingly-shaped tread forming a closure for the springs, guides,and stops. These guides consist of integral downwardlybxtending posts 5,projecting through the step and Serial No. 543,775. (N mdel.)

having the springs 6 coiled about the same. Formed with the platee is anoutwardly-projecting portion or lug 7, operatiugin a slot i0, formed inone of the ends of the step 2, and the said lug '7 is connected bysuitable means 8 to a lever or crank 9, and by means of arod or bar toan ordinary fare-register 3. Arranged beneath the plate 4 and secured tostep 2 are posts ll, which will limit the vertical movement of the saidplate.

In operation when persons are passing into the car 1 their Weight uponthe plate 4 will depress the same, thereby drawing the crank 9 down andregistering the passenger upon the dial of the register 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In an automatic registerfor street and other railway cars, the combination of the L-shaped step,the L-shaped plate or tread, provided upon its under side with guidesupon which are arranged springs supporting said tread or plate, Saidstep being provided with posts or stops to limit the downward movementof said plate or tread, a register in the car and a suitable connectionbetween said register and a lug on said plate or tread projectingthrough a slot in said stop, said L-shaped step, with saidcorrespondingly shaped tread, forming a closure for said springs,guides, and stops, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signaturethis 3d day of January, A. D. 1895.

JOHN JOSEPH MAY. [n s] J oEN S. KENNEDY, I. A.. CAELINE.

